Wireless external outdoor motion sensor? (Zigbee preferred)

[JDRoberts]

@Ncook

Aeotec Multisensor 6… not zigbee but the description says indoor and outdoor. Anyone have one of these outside in an unprotected area?

There are some community members who use these outdoors, but in the user guide the manufacturer specifically recommends disabling the motion sensor feature of this device outdoors because of the false alarm issue we’ve been talking about.

But again, some community members are using them outdoors, you can try and see if it works for you.

I suggest reading the outdoor motion sensor FAQ, it discusses all of these issues in detail:

FAQ: Do you know of an outdoor motion sensor?

I am looking for outdoor motion sensors to monitor my yard. I bought a pair of the Aeon Labs Aeotec Z-Wave Multi-Sensor and am quite unhappy with them. Even on the lowest sensitivity setting it randomly sends alerts, some perhaps due to clouds changing the lighting (even though PIR is not supposed to be susceptible to this) and others I can’t explain at all. With several false alerts a day this thing is just useless. The Smartthings Motion sensor works great, I have some in my house, but it is indoor rated only. The Schlage / Nexia motion sensor is also indoor use only. I am hoping someone has come across an outdoor rated motion sensor they have been able to pair with the Smartthings hub.